“When you start your day healing people from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., you realize that this is hard work,” she wrote. “t is when we meet others’ needs that our needs are [satisfied] in the process. By healing an individual, you heal a community.”

Sta. Maria added that during her training, she met new people and made new friends “who I know will eventually become family because we share the same advocacy.”

” I am truly grateful for all that I have learned here and I am fired up to share it with you!” she ended her post.

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Her followers soon flooded congratulatory messages on her post, with one even calling her an inspiration.

Image: Instagram/@jodistamaria

Image: Instagram/@jodistamaria

Image: Instagram/@jodistamaria

Sta. Maria is also currently taking up psychology at the Southville International Schools and Colleges in Las Piñas, where she was named a top student in her class twice. /ra

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